Truth and Beauty Bombs

the office is the first thing people probably think of and it seems like the best example

man i just can't get into it

seems like it pops up in a lot of modern tv comedies that would have "smart! -some critic" written on their dvd box art

man that stuff is always too real for me

end up feeling legitimately uncomfortable and embarrassed when the main character poops himself and everyone else silently stares and judges

guess that's why i like parks and rec so much??
seems like that is the exception that proves the rule

Parks and Recs doesn't seem that uncomfortable to me, it's just some characters doing stupid things but I can easily not identify with them (I guess that's what causes the difference).

good convo topic for 2006

I was thinking about a sitcom with characters whose personality switches between characters every episode. This way you can't predict that Chandler will make a sarcastic remark because Monica will have that persona.

that sounds awful

oh yeah, that's my point
it is conspicuously not awkward imo

except i guess some season 1 stuff i forgot about probably cause
that season isn't really all that good

an astute observation, you could write for the av club daniel

none of the current critical darlings or highly rated shows utilize awkward/uncomfortable setups as humor (on the reg, at least) so i dont see why this is a thing worth talking about atm

Because not everything has to be about what's on television right now.

"yall know what really bugs me? minstrel comedy. i dont know, i guess i just find it kind of...offensive? not really in2 it too much, sorry"

"hmm, reading this play here....'much ado about nothing'.....wikipedia said it was a comedy but....havent even laughed once? what was shakespeare thinking? who likes this stuff? whats up w/ the weird language??? i know british dialects are a little different but...."

"yall know what I hate? people who want to talk about shows that were aired yesterday. those plebs don't even liveblog about it"

"i mean technically there's still a delay but untill ftl travel the internet will have to do"

thats soo me

Whatever, man. I don't think Daniel made this to be relevant, just to find out more about the people who like(d) that stuff.

salty posting in a thread about things that are embarrassing to watch

j/k keep saying stuff like "zany" and being ironic you're so much like a more internet-savvy tommy it's uncanny


hey guys boingboing.net sure is gay and so is etsy and

daniel unable to separate unrealistic situations in fictional sitcoms from real things happening to him irl, holds grudge against three stooges for putting him in hospital after viewing an episode

just imagine how wrong the reasons daniel likes parks and rec for are

i usually like this but now that i know your age it feels weird so whatever

anyway i'm pretty sure the rest of stabwound hates this stuff although for maybe different reasons

so what do the rest of yall think

glad you have a lame trump card to use to squirm your way out of any encounter w/ me now

haha geez dude

why would i need to squirm out of this

seriously you don't want to get into this with me for real

What's a wrong reason to like something?

Except racism, etc. obviously.

daniel, have you considered that some people enjoy feeling uncomfortable the same way that people enjoy being scared by horror movies?

you get the raw feeling, but its fun because you know its not real

woops sorry forgot i was 5 years old, will go back to sucking on my thumb

think about how this always ends


do you really want this ending with you pissing yourself and me feeling bad for you

you're literally trying to end the conversation for a reason unrelated to what we're actually talking about

and i

do want to get into this

anyway no shit

i realize what cringe humor is

its cool that you think thats how these end